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Country: Belgium

  1. Micheline Wierzchowski. Collection

    This collection contains: wartime photos of cousins Micheline Wierzchowski and Anna Lewkowicz during their time in hiding with Jean and Julia De Bast-Dechef ; wartime photos of members of the extended De Bast-Dechef family ; post-war photos taken during visits by Micheline Wierzchowski to her rescuers Jean and Julia De Bast-Dechef and Julia’s second husband Jojo Vermeulen ; a card with New Year's greetings written by Micheline Wierzchowski.

  2. Fischler-Fischler family. Collection

    This collection contains : a letter from Chenke alias Anna Fischler in Berchem to her husband Wolf Fischler, held prisoner by the Nazis at an unknown location (perhaps Begijnenstraat prison) in Antwerp, 1942 ; a postcard from Wolf and Chenke alias Anna Fischler-Fischler, interned in Chalon, France, to Chenke's sister Alina Fischler (married Strassberg) in Mérignac, regarding Wolf and Anna’s children who were in hiding in France, 1942.

  3. Lagrené family. Collection

    This collection contains : a post-war portrait of Roma deportee Antoine alias Anton Lagrené, the Auschwitz tattoo number visible on his arm, 2006 ; a post-war portrait of Roma deportee Josephine Lagrené, the Auschwitz tattoo number visible on her arm, 2006.

  4. Post-war publications with wartime anti-Nazi cartoons. Collection

    This collection contains : the compilation box “La Guerre et l'Occupation vues par Oscar Liedel”, consisting of 32 unbound pages with 30 reproductions of anti-Nazi cartoons created during the war by Oscar Liedel, whose watercolour drawings bear witness to the various stages of the war, from the invasion of Belgium on 10 May 1940 to the Ardennes offensive on 22 December 1944 ; the compilation box “Vier jaar onder den hiel…” consisting of 25 unbound pages with 24 captioned cartoons by Jean Dratz, illustrating the various stages of the war, from the invasion of Belgium on 10 May 1940 to the fi...

  5. Rosenberg-Keller family. Collection

    This collection contains 5 (reprints of) photographs showing the Rosenberg-Keller family before and during the Second World War: Josef Rosenberg, Charlotte Keller, André Rosenberg, Robert Rosenberg and Lili Rosenberg.

  6. Arnold Adell. Collection

    This collection contains : a post-war photo of Arnold Adell and two friends among whom Roma musician Bilo Adel, 1950 ; a certificate granting reduced public transport fare to Arnold Adell, 1973.

  7. Tauba Nussbaum. Collection

    This collection contains: a Belgian identity card stamped ‘Jood-Juif’, issued by the Liège municipality to Tauba Nussbaum in 1940 ; a certificate of Belgian nationality issued to Tauba Nussbaum by the Liège civil service in 1942.

  8. Bacman-Eckmann family. Collection

    This collection contains: pre-war photos of Sara Eckmann and her brothers Michael alias Max and Isaak alias Isidore ; pre-war photos of Sara's parents Wolf Eckmann and Ida Friedman ; pre-war photos of Abram Bacman ; pre-war photos of Abram’s parents David Bacman and Claire Gelfand ; photos of the post-war religious marriage of Abram Bacman and Sara Eckmann ; post-war photos of the extended Bacman-Eckmann family, including Abraham and Sara's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren ; photos of Abraham and Sara Bacman-Eckmann with Lotte alias Lottie Katscher whom they befriended during...

  9. Mieczyslaw Tannenbaum. Collection

    This collection contains : a photocopy of a certificate issued post-war by American president Dwight D. Eisenhower to Mieczyslaw Tannenbaum, for helping allied soldiers escape to Spain via the Comet Network ; a photocopy of a certificate issued post-war by the British Air Chief Marshal to Mieczyslaw Tannenbaum, for helping British soldiers, sailors and airmen to escape to Spain via the Comet Network.

  10. Adolphe Littmann-Lemaître. Collection

    This collection includes a variety of identity documents, both authentic and forged, that were issued to Adolphe Littmann under his real name and his alias André Lemaître. These include identity cards as a commerce dealer, a civilian employee of the U.S. Armed Forces, and as a member of the French Resistance. Of significance are the false identity cards used by both Littmann and his wife, Hélène Stir, during the war, as well as an earlier identity document for Littmann's father, Aleksander Littmann, from 1933. In addition to identity papers, the collection contains various certificates and ...

  11. Helfgott-Pschetiska family. Collection

    This collection contains: a photocopy of a newspaper article on the death of Jozef Ber Helfgott in 1930 ; two M. Hohner brand harmonicas from the 1930s, played by Eliezer Helfgott and Israel alias Simon Helfgott ; a certificate of primary education awarded to Eliezer Helfgott, 1933 ; a pre-war photograph of Isaak and Bacia Helfgott-Faszczak, ca. 1938 ; identity certificate issued to Israel Helfgott as a soldier in the Belgian army after the surrender on 28 May 1940 ; part of Israel alias Simon Helfgott's wartime identity card and the purse in which this document was preserved by his mother ...

  12. Jozef Weitman. Collection

    This collection includes a photograph of Abraham Manaster as a young man, along with records related to his establishment of a Jewish orphanage in the Generaal Drubbelstraat, Berchem, in 1946. These include an inauguration programme from the orphanage's and a letter from the mayor of Antwerp granting permission for its creation. Official recognitions of Manaster’s wartime activities are also present. A 1960 brevet acknowledges his status as a political prisoner during the Nazi occupation, and certificates from Salomon Lachmann and Ida Sterno attest to his role in hiding Jewish children. The...

  13. Banknotes from Poland and the Lodz ghetto. Collection

    This collection contains : five wartime banknotes (50 Pfennig, 1, 10, 20 et 50 Mark) used as currency in the Lodz ghetto ; three banknotes (10 et 50 Groszy, 1 Piast) used as subsidiary means of payment in Poland after the war.

  14. Spira-Steinhaus family. Collection

    This collection contains post-war photocopies of the front of the wartime identity cards issued to Michael Spira and Sara Steinhaus.

  15. Pieprz-Szron family. Collection

    This collection contains one wedding booklet of Lazar Pieprz and Lea Szron, and four membership cards of Antwerp diamond federations.

  16. Hubert Preiser. Collection

    This collection contains one photo of Hubert Preiser while in Edingen during wartime. Hubert Preiser was a Jewish boy born in Havana in 1927 who grew up in Brussels and, during the Nazi occupation of Belgium, was hidden in a Catholic school by Monsignor Pierre Carlier, a priest who risked his life to protect him. Preiser’s early life was marked by isolation from Jewish culture, and he discovered his Jewish heritage only during the war, after finding out his family’s original name, Preiserowicz.

  17. Vanderhoydonck family. Collection

    This collection contains: three wartime photos of Leen, Mie and Tinus Vanderhoydonck at their family farm in Wijchmaal, province of Limburg ; a Kerag porcelain coffee set which belonged to either the Koral-Vogel or the Muhlstein-Ullmann family, consisting of a coffee pot, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, and five cups with plates, all depicting scenes from the Old Testament ; a showcase crafted post-war by Godfried (Frie) Ceyssens to store the coffee set ; a post-war photo of Godfried (Frie) Ceyssens on a motorcycle.

  18. Reichman-Lipschitz family. Collection

    This collection contains: a pre-war class photograph of the Tachkemoni school ; pre-war wedding photos of the Reichman siblings and the Lipschitz siblings ; pre-war photos of the Reichman siblings and Lipschitz siblings with their spouses, children and friends ; a pre-war photo of Israel Lipschitz playing the violin ; wartime photos of Israel Lipschitz and his wife Rachel Mandel recta Kwadrat, including a photo of them wearing the yellow star ; a wartime photo of Jacob Marcovici, future husband of the donor, with the group of children he was hidden with ; wartime photos of Sam Lipschitz whi...

  19. Jeanne Glibert. Collection

    This collection consists of an interview with Jeanne Glibert. In her testimony Jeanne talks about her youth, the beginning of the war as she fled with friends, living under occupation in Antwerp, traitors who snitched on Jews, Jewish youth friends Betti Van Hamberg, Claudine Van Hamberg and Irène Brandes, and about Jewish links after the war.

  20. Mickey Gliksberg. Collection

    This collection contains the following documents: the ketubah of Meyer Gliksberg and Sura Blumenkranz, 1919 ; photocopies of two letters from the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) to Meyer Gliksberg regarding luggage lost during the flight in May 1940 ; a file (6 documents and 6 photos) concerning the hiding of Mickey (Michla) Gliksberg at the pensionnat Saint-Charles in Herseaux, including photos of the site, the nuns and post-war photos of Mickey Gliksberg with other Jewish girls hidden at the convent ; a photocopy of a note dated 1943, sent by Henri, a fellow-prisoner of Mi...